Source:Chris Mills Rodrigo, THE HILL, 3/21/19



Los Angeles County this week issued a moratorium on the use of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, citing the need for more research into its active ingredient, an NBC News affiliate reported. The move by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday came the same day that a federal jury in San Francisco delivered a verdict in favor of Edward Hardeman, who said his cancer was caused by exposure to Roundup. More than 50 U.S. cities and counties have banned the chemical, the most commonly used herbicide in the world.

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